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Fly, Firefly

Fly, Firefly
by Shana Keller (Author) and Ramona Kaulitzki (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: One evening at dusk a wind current carries a lone firefly out over the sea. Glancing down into the water, the insect is mesmerized by the glowing bioluminescence, mistaking it for other fireflies. Seeking company, the firefly plunges into the waves. Luckily, there are human bystanders who can lend a hand. Based on an event experienced by nature writer and ecologist Rachel Carson and her niece.

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My niece and I saw him sink into the sea.
His poor little wings couldn’t break free.

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This Is How I Know

Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know: Niibing, dgwaagig, bboong, mnookmig dbaadjigaade maanpii mzin’igning / A Book about the Seasons
by Brittany Luby (Author) and Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: In this picture book written in Anishinaabemowin and English, a child and grandmother explore their surroundings, taking pleasure in the familiar sights that each new season brings. We accompany them through warm summer days full of wildflowers, bees and blueberries, then fall, when bears feast before hibernation and forest mushrooms are ripe for harvest. Winter mornings begin in darkness as deer, mice and other animals search for food, while spring brings green shoots poking through melting snow and the chirping of peepers in the place they call home — the northern reaches of Anishinaabewaking, around the Great Lakes.

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